CRAWFORD SAYS HE PLANS ON MAKING FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR JOSSLYN TOMORROW. FOR THE FIRST TIME, WE'RE HEARING FROM THE NEW BOSS AT BOULEVARD BREWERY. KMBC NINE'S MARTIN AUGUSTINE IS LIVE AFTER SPEAKING WITH THE NEW BELGIAN OWNER. MARTIN-- WHEN THIS DEAL IS FINALIZED IN A FEW WEEKS, MICHEL MOORTGAT---CEO OF THE DUVEL-MOORTGAT BREWING COMPANY---SAYS YOU WON'T NOTICE ANYTHING DIFFERENT WITH BOULEVARD BREWERY. AS FAR AS BOULEVARD BEER DRINKERS GO---THE MOST COMMON REACTION TO THE DEAL IS SURPRISE. AT PONAK'S---A MEXICAN RESTAURANT ON SOUTHWEST BOULEVARD--- BARTENDER JESSE PANUCO "I REALLY CAN'T BELIEVE IT" IS STUNG BY THE SURPRISE. PONAK'S---WAS BOULEVARD'S VERY FIRST CUSTOMER---BUYING THE BREWERY'S VERY FIRST KEG OF BEER BACK IN 1989. WHO'D HAVE THOUGHT PANUCO SAYS---THAT BOULEVARD---WOULD EVER BE OWNED BY SOMEONE ELSE. "NONE OF MY CUSTOMERS THAT WERE DRINKING IT EARLIER SAID ANYTHING. SO THIS IS THE FIRST I'VE HEARD OF IT." "PROBABLY THE BOULEVARD WHEAT" GARY TONY'S LONG BEEN A BOULEVARD FAN. HE'S NOT TOO WORRIED ABOUT THE NEW OWNERSHIP, AS LONG AS HIS BEER REMAINS TASTY AND BOULEVARD'S OWNER'S MAKING THE RIGHT MOVES. "HE'S PROBABLY LOOKING FOR HIS RETIREMENT. I'M SURE HE CARES ENOUGH ABOUT HIS BUSINESS THAT HE'S FOUND A GOOD, NEW OWNER FOR IT." INDEED, WHAT JOHN MCDONALD, BOULEVARD'S FOUNDER AND PRESIDENT HAD ON HIS MIND 3 YEARS AGO--- WHAT'S THE END GAME WAS FOR HIS BREWERY? HOW WOULD HE KEEP IT GROWING FOR DECADES TO COME? DUVEL-MOORTGAT HELD THE KEY. "WE'RE SMALL BREWERS THAT ARE VERY MUCH ABOUT ADDING JOBS AND BUILDING BREWERIES AND MAKING MORE GREAT BEER." MICHEL MOORTGAT IS C-E-O OF DUVEL---IN KANSAS CITY FROM BELGIUM---TO TAKE A LOOK AROUND. "TO BE VERY CLEAR, WE DON'T WANT TO CHANGE ANYTHING. THIS IS A WINNING TEAM AND NEVER CHANGE A WINNING TEAM." TERMS OF THE DEAL WERE NOT ANNOUNCED, BUT MICHEL MOORTGAT SAYS THERE WILL BE A 17 MILLION DOLLAR INVESTMENT IN BOULEVARD TO INCREASE IT'S BREWING CAPACITY. JOHN MCDONALD SAYS NOT ONLY WILL THE BREWERY'S 125 EMPLOYEES KEEP THEIR JOBS, THE PLACE WILL LIKELY NEED MORE PEOPLE.